Face mask



R. MAFKO FACE MASK Jan. T9; 1954 Original Filed Dec. 5, 1951 INVEN TORRUDOLF- MAFKO,

ATTORNEY Patented-Jan. 19, 1954 FACE MASK Rudolf Mafko, Wilmington,Del., assignor to Bay shore Industries, Inc., Elkton, Md., a corporationof Maryland Original application December 5, 1951, Serial No.

260,057, now Patent No. 2,606,324, dated August 12, 1952.

Divided and this application May 26, 1952, Serial No. 289,942

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates broadly. to a novel face mask and moreparticularly to a new and im-' proved face mask to be used and Worn byadults and children alike at Halloween parties and the like, much to theamusement and en oyment of everyone concerned. In a more specificaspect, the invention relates to and is concerned with a novel face maskwhich, when worn over the face of the user, imparts not only an amusing,comical and some times grotesque appearance to the face of the user but,in addition, enables the user to make, at will, a desired loud noise,such as a whistle, a squawk or a razzberry type of noise knownfamiliarly as a Bronx cheer. In addition, the face mask of the presentinvention may be so designed that the noise maker of the structureserves a dual purpose of emitting a desired loud noise of the foregoingcharacter and also of simultaneously moving and/or distorting one ormore simulated anatomical features of the face and head, such as thenose or tongue.

An object of the invention is to provide a comical and amusing face maskprovided with a built-in or integral noise maker.

Another object of the invention is to provide an amusing face maskprovided with built-in or integral means operable at the will of thewearer or user to emit a loud noise and simultaneously move or distortone or more simulated anatomical features of the face and head such asthe nose or tongue, much to the enjoyment of everyone concerned.

A further object of the invention is to provide a face mask of theforegoing general character wherein the built-in noise maker is operatedby the mouth of thewearer after the mask is affixed to the face or headof the wearer,

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asthe description'proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention,then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim, the following description settingforth in detail certain illustrative embodiments of the invention, thesebeing indicative however of but one of the vari: ous ways in which theprinciple of the invention may be employed.

Reference is now made to the accompanying drawing in which likereference characters denote like parts and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side View of the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the mask shown in Fig. 1.

In all of the figures the face mask is generally designated by thereference character I. The body of themask is molded into any desiredfacial characteristics and an example of such characteristics is shownin the drawing. While molding of the masks is a desirable process, it isto be understood that, in some cases, the mask may be formed by adipping operation employing forms of the desired facial characteristics.The mask is preferably composed of rubber in the form of latex, althoughit is to be understood that any desirable material could be employed.

The masks are made in at least two sizes, one size to fit the averagechilds face and the other size to fit the average adults face. Towardthe rear and on each side of the mask there is provided a hole oropening 2 to which is aflixed the conventional rubber band or string toenable the mask to be positioned firmly on the head of the wearer.

In Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown the inventioninvolving the employment ofa dual function noise maker which serves simultaneously to emit adesired loud noise and cause a movement or distortion of a simulatedanatomical feature. In the particular case illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2the anatomical feature is a nose. This nose consists of an elongatedrubber balloon 3 which is affixed to that part of the face mask wherethe nose would be normally located. The mask l is desi ned with anopening at a position to correspond to that of a nose through which theopen end of the balloon 3 is inserted and glued with any desiredadhesive. A reed-type whistle indicated at 5 is fastened to the insideneck of the balloon as at 5. 'It will be noted from Fig. I '2 that theballoon extends inside of the mask so that end 5 falls approximately inthe location of the wearers mouth. When thev wearer blows into the endof the balloon, through the whistle 5, a noise is emitted and at thesame time the nose becomes inflated and moves from a drooped position,as shown in Fig. 1, to an erect or horizontal position, as shown in Fig.2.

The modification included hereinis merely illustrativeand it will beunderstood, of course, that the invention is to be taken as limited onlyby the scope of the appended claim.

This application is a division of copending parent application, SerialNo. 260,057, filed December 5, 1951, now Patent No. 2,606,327, grantedAugust 12, 1952.

What is claimed is:

A rubber face mask for amusement purposes adapted to cover substantiallyentirely the face of the wearer and having on the exterior thereofsimulated anatomical features of the face, such as a mouth, a chin andears, said mask having an opening at a position to correspond to that ofa nose, a conventional, pro-formed, elongated toy balloon having itsopen end neck inserted into and through said opening and firmly glued tothe periphery of said opening, said balloon being of thin rubber andrepresenting a simu lated nose of grossly exaggerated length normallydrooping Well below the chin even when 10 uninfiated, and a dual-purposenoise-making and balloon-expanding mouthpiece in the neck of the balloonpositioned inside the mask approximately in the location of the Wearersmouth whereby, when the wearer blows on the 1 mouthpiece, a noise isemitted and the nose simultaneously inflated from a drooped verticalposition to a horizontal position.

RUDOLF MAFKO.

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